US Edition'Decisive' statements can be heard in Soldier F Bloody Sunday trial, judge rules
Judge Patrick Lynch approved hearsay statements crucial to proving Soldier F fired fatal shots during Bloody Sunday, despite defense objections of unreliability.
- Military witness statements provided at the time of Bloody Sunday in 1972 can be used as evidence in the Soldier F trial, a judge has ruled.
- Soldier F is accused of murdering James Wray and William McKinney, as well as five counts of attempted murder, during the Bloody Sunday massacre in 1972.
- The judge said the prosecution is "totally dependant" upon the hearsay statements by soldiers G and H, who were with Soldier F on Bloody Sunday.
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"Soldier F" Bloody Sunday trial can include soldiers' statements - Belfast judge
A Belfast judge has ruled that statements made by other soldiers at the time are admissible as evidence in the trial of ‘Soldier F’ – to the horror of justice campaigners the only soldier to stand trial over the state murder in Northern Ireland of fourteen people on ‘Bloody Sunday’, 1972, and the wounding of twelve others. Lawyers for the soldier, whose identity is protected by court order, had argued that the statements are ‘hearsay’ and not ad…
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One News Page'Decisive' statements can be heard in Soldier F Bloody Sunday trial, judge rules
Soldier F, who cannot be identified, is accused of murdering James Wray and William McKinney on 30 January 1972, which became known as Bloody Sunday because members of the Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 civilians in Derry/Londonderry after a civil rights march.
Accused of the murder of two Irish citizens, a British army veteran appeared in Belfast, fifty-three long years after one of the most revolting tragic episodes of the Northern Irish Civil War: the infamous Bloody Sunday in Derry on January 30, 1972, in which the British army killed 13 people.
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